Islamic State Execution Seen by Millions on Fox News Website

The video of Jordanian pilot being burned to death by Islamic State was made available for streaming by Fox News. How many people saw it, and why? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.

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Fox News made a controversial decision on Tuesday when decided to post a highly graphic ... highly produced Islamic State propaganda video showing a Jordanian pilot born to live on its website ... warning viewers of its graphic nature ... but making it available to see in its entirety ... since Tuesday at six pm the water he was simply close to two million times ... as hard for around ten percent of all abusive ... on Fox News website it images ABC News will not run other mainstream national news organizations in the US did not follow suit ... it was absolutely no editoral justifications showing ... or goes for on air spots Shepard Smith ... spent around six and it's getting ... to know how what he witnessed when he watched the video ... was a video of the burning alive of human beings as last summer Islamic State has produced dozens if not hundreds of videos ... depicting cruel barbaric methods of killing ... presented probably as propaganda ... in most instances mainstream news organizations elect to not show the most gruesome moments in this case must resort ization published at most a still image from the video White Fox News host the walk video ... a box is executive issued this statement ... after careful consideration we decided that giving readers the foxes dot com the option to see for themselves the barbarity of ice is out with legitimate concerns about the graphic nature of the video ... online users can choose to view or not you this disturbing content box is to make money from these nearly two million views ... it turned off the euro has typically run with that online videos ... know how many people continued watching the more than twenty two minute video through to the moment around seventy minutes in ... when the hostage is put into a cage ... for use on fire ... is Fox news being criticized for its decision ... it is positioned to online Comments ... accordion calmness as watching the video ... makes us in some ways complicit with Islamic State some Fox News host defend decision to post the video bringing the reality of Islamic terrorists ... saying it could shape the public's opinion ... on what should be done to combat ISIS ... other say no need to see the video the couple believe for perspective ... that's the short answer